For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 241
LESTER A. ROYAL, M. D....The professional fields present attractive inducements to young men of ambition and talent who are willing to labor earnestly in preparation for the severe ordeal which is inevitable upon entering an active career. The candidate who is well prepared and who also has sound judgment and good staying qualities seldom fails to win, and it is to this number that Dr. Lester A. Royal evidently belongs.Born in Tolland county, Connecticut, April 10, 1884, he is a son od Lewis E. and Laura A ( Hunt ) Royal. The father, a native of Massachusetts, came to Des Moines in 1900 and has since been engaged in the practice of law as a member of the firm of Royal & Royal. In the fall of 1910 he was a candidate upon the democratic ticket for district judge. He is recognized as a thorough lawyer and a man of unimpeachable integrity. On the maternal side the family has traced its ancestry to Sir Francis Drake, of the time of Queen Elizabeth, the first English commander who saw the Pacific. Five children came to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Royal: Mary, now the wife of Ralph Tracey, a Pullman conductor; Lester A., our subject; Clifton D. B., now engaged in the practice with his father as junior member of the firm of Royal & Royal; and Marvia and Gerald A., both at home, the latter attending the high school.
Lester A. Royal received his preliminary education in the Mount Pleasant high school and later was a student at the Central State Normal School of Michigan. He took up the study of homeopathy in the medical department of the State University at Iowa City, where he continued from 1902 to 1906, attaining high standing as one of the most capable students in the class. After receiving the degree of M. D. he had the advantage of one year's work in the hospital at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and then came to West Liberty, where he has since engaged in general practice. He is assistant to the chair of surgery at the State University and visits that institution once every week. Thoroughly interested in everything pertaining to the profession, he is vice president of the Central Iowa Homeopathic Medical Association, a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy and of the Hahnemann Medical Association of Iowa.
In 1909 Dr. Royal was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Swisher. While attending college Mr. Royal joined the Phi Alpha Gamma fraternity, and he is also a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Rebekahs and the Rathbone Sisters, all of West Liberty. He stands well as a man and citizen and has many warm friends in West Liberty and vicinity, who have been attracted to him by his genial social qualities. Politically he is a loyal supporter of the republican party, believing that by giving its candidates his support he is best advancing the permanent interests of the country. The skill and success which he has treated difficult cases speaks in high terms of his judgment and gives bright promise for a life of great usefulness.
Back to Biographical Index Page